01.04.2026, 13:09

Dear survivors of sexual exploitation! Dear allies and fellow campaigners! Dear supporters!

I was finally able to hand over our petition in November 2025: first to Mr Brand (Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary at the BMBFSFJ) at the conference of the Federal Association of the Nordic Model, and then to State Secretary Ms Dr Bahr (BMBFSFJ) during a personal meeting at the Ministry. Both also accepted our booklet “Listen to us at last!”. Yesterday, the response from the Petitions Committee arrived in the post. The procedure has been concluded. The explanatory statement claims that we had called for a ban on prostitution.

This is outrageous and incomprehensible – either those responsible did not read our petition at all, or they are completely ignoring our arguments. The Bundestag is not interested in our voices. It is precisely this political stance that is responsible for the fact that women and girls continue to be destroyed, raped, tortured and killed in the German sex industry!

I have scanned the letter from the Petitions Committee; you are welcome to read it for yourselves: https://magentacloud.de/s/wzeaLf3CQGab8KF In March, I submitted the topic “Prostitution: Germany must get out of it!” to ABSTIMMUNG21, so that it might have a chance of appearing on the ballot for the fifth nationwide referendum in autumn 2026. Unfortunately, my topic did not make it through to the final round. You can find out more here: https://abstimmung21-mitmachen.de/proposals/660-prostitution-deutschland-muss-aussteigen We must neither remain silent nor give up.

Thank you very much for your support!
Pani Fem Activist, survivor, expert, spokesperson Netzwerk Ella